An Accra High Court has struck out a lawsuit seeking to nullify the National Democratic Congress parliamentary primary in the Ayawaso East constituency over allegations of vote buying.
In a ruling on Monday, March 2, the court deemed the action brought by the pressure group Democracy Hub as ‘incompetent,’ effectively terminating their attempt to prevent the parliamentary candidate of the NDC, Baba Jamal, from participating in the election.
The scheduled by-election is set for Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Democracy Hub had initiated legal proceedings against the NDC, the Electoral Commission, and the Attorney-General’s Department, arguing that the NDC primary was tainted by vote buying and lacked legitimacy.
The group petitioned the court to restrain the EC from accepting or acting upon the NDC’s candidate nomination.
However, counsel for the NDC raised a preliminary objection, asserting that the suit was fundamentally flawed and lacked the necessary legal standing.
Justice Agyenim-Boateng upheld the NDC’s objection, ruling that the originating processes were defective, and dismissed the case without examining the merits of the vote-buying allegations.
